[issue1405] Garbage collection not working correctly in Python 2.3

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[issue1405] Garbage collection not working correctly in Python 2.3

Paul Pogonyshev added the comment: Meh, copied too much. Disregard first part, second shows it. __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ ___ Python-bugs-list m

[issue1405] Garbage collection not working correctly in Python 2.3

Paul Pogonyshev added the comment: Looks like the memory _is_ freed. As Guido said, "It may be available for reallocation within Python, just not given back to the operating system". I suggest closing this as invalid. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ python Python 2.3.5 (#2, Oct 16 2006, 19:19:48) [GCC 3.

[issue1405] Garbage collection not working correctly in Python 2.3

Guido van Rossum added the comment: How do you know the memory isn't given back? It may be available for reallocation within Python, just not given back to the operating system. That's not necessarily a leak or a bug; that could just be heap fragmentation. There's nothing you can do about it. --

[issue1405] Garbage collection not working correctly in Python 2.3

Paul Pogonyshev added the comment: See if gc.set_threshold (0, 0, 0) helps. -- nosy: +_doublep __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ ___ Python-bugs

[issue1405] Garbage collection not working correctly in Python 2.3

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[issue1405] Garbage collection not working correctly in Python 2.3

Stefan Sonnenberg-Carstens added the comment: No, I can't. As many Front Arena Developers on the 1.6/2.0/2.1/2.2 can't. Python 2.4 will be in Front Arena 4.0. Lightyears away from here. Same behaviour seen under Solaris 10 / Python 2.5.1 -- versions: +Python 2.5

[issue1405] Garbage collection not working correctly in Python 2.3

Christian Heimes added the comment: I'm sorry but Python 2.3 is long gone. Its maintenance cycle has ended over a year ago.Nobody is going to fix an outdated version when the new versions of Python are working fine. Can you update to a new version of Python? -- nosy: +tiran resolution:

[issue1405] Garbage collection not working correctly in Python 2.3

New submission from Stefan Sonnenberg-Carstens: when running this script: aList = [] for i in xrange(5E5): aList += [[]] for j in xrange(10): aList[-1].append([]) del aList It does not give back the memory even a import gc gc.collect() afterwards does not do it. In Python 2.5